Biomedical subjects
Ralph Slovenko
Publications and source records attributed to Ralph Slovenko.
Commentary: Deceptions to the rule on ultimate issue testimony.
Federal Rule of Evidence 704(b) (and state counterparts) bars opinion testimony on the effect of mental state on an element of a crime or defense. The application of the rule involves substantial judicial discretion. As the jurisprudence to date indicates, deceptions to the rule circumvent its application.
The automobile way of life.
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The evolution of standards for experimental treatment or research.
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Self-destructive behavior and the hereafter.
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Commentary: responsibility and insurance coverage of the mentally ill.
Should criminal law principles be applied to life insurance claims made by the beneficiaries of an insured person who commits suicide? Any discussion of the criminal law and the M'Naghten test of criminal responsibility, as sometimes used by the courts and recommended by the authors, obfuscates the resolution of contemporary issues.
Editorial: Brian Mitchell--religious insanity and the law.
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Commentary: Old wine in a new bottle.
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Sequestration of lay witnesses and experts.
The rule on sequestration (exclusion) of witnesses is designed to avoid fabrication and collusion and has traditional roots in the Old Testament. Special rules apply regarding expert witnesses and "support persons." The contours of such special rules are explored within the Federal Rules of Evidence, state rules of evidence, state appellate and supreme court decisions, and U.S. Supreme Court decisions.
On the execution of the death penalty.
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The transinstitutionalization of the mentally ill.
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On a therapist serving as a witness.
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Psychiatry was abused systematically in the Soviet Union, there is no doubt about it.
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The right of the mentally ill to refuse treatment revisited.
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The past and present of the right to treatment: a slogan gone astray.
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On the legal aspects of tardive dyskinesia.
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Group psychotherapy: privileged communication and confidentiality.
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